Senate Chancellery (Hamburg)

Senate Chancellery - SK -
State level	country
position	Supreme state authority
Headquarters	City Hall , Hamburg
Authority management	State Councilor Jan Pörksen Head of the Senate Chancellery
Web presence	www.hamburg.de

The Senate Chancellery is the State Chancellery of the First Mayor and President of the Senate in Hamburg . As part of the state government, it is a supreme state authority which also performs administrative tasks and staff functions for the first mayor as head of government, who has the status of prime minister in the city-state of Hamburg . The seat of the Senate Chancellery is the historic town hall building in downtown Hamburg .

management

Head of the Senate Chancellery

At the suggestion of the First Mayor, the Senate appoints a State Council , also known as the Senate Syndicus , which, as a political official and head of the Senate Chancellery, is entrusted with the management of the authority and, in personal union, with the management of the personnel office. Christoph Krupp (SPD) held this office from March 2011 to September 2018 . Jan Pörksen (SPD) has been head of the Senate Chancellery since October 1, 2018 .

State Council for the Federal Government, Europe and Foreign Affairs

In addition, another State Council acts as an authorized representative at the federal level, at the European Union and for foreign affairs. Wolfgang Schmidt (SPD) held this office from March 2011 to March 2018 . His successor was Annette Tabbara (SPD) from the end of March 2018 to September 2019 . She will succeed Almut Möller (SPD) as State Councilor on October 1, 2019 .

Organization and tasks

Seat of the Senate Chancellery: Hamburg City Hall

The Senate Chancellery works for the Senate and the First Mayor. It is divided into three main organizational units, so-called offices: State Office with state representations in Berlin and Brussels, press office and planning staff with the Senate office. In addition, there is the First Mayor's office , which as an independent unit of the Senate Chancellery is directly assigned to the First Mayor and therefore acts as a working staff and secretariat as well as an interface and mouthpiece for him.

Planning staff and departmental coordination

As a control point for government policy, the Senate Chancellery oversees the work of the Senate as a college of all senators via the planning staff and coordinates the coordination between the individual Senate departments (authorities) . She also supports the First Mayor as head of government in his official business. The Senate Chancellery takes the lead in planning the government program, implements the mayor's political guidelines and takes on investment planning . She is also responsible for the organization and implementation of Senate events in the town hall as well as for state visits and protocol matters .

Press office and public relations

The tasks of the Senate Chancellery also include public relations work for the mayor and the Senate through the Senate Press Office . The office, headed by Senate or government spokesman Jörg Schmoll, acts as a contact for journalists. In particular, the press office formulates and publishes general and political declarations for the Senate and has overall editorial responsibility for the state part of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg's website at hamburg.de . It also organizes exhibitions and press conferences.

With the integration of the Media Office, the Senate Chancellery also oversaw all media policy issues until 2017 and was responsible for matters relating to public broadcasting as well as the media, IT and advertising industries. As part of the appeal of the former Media State Council Carsten Brosda to Hamburg Culture Senator that jurisdiction is transferred in April 2017. Culture Authority .

International relations as well as federal and European affairs

The Senate Chancellery is responsible for the administration of the Hamburg state representation in Berlin and the “ Hanse Office ” in Brussels , which is run jointly with Schleswig-Holstein . The State of Hamburg influences federal politics through the state representation, represents its interests and, like all states, participates in national legislation through the Federal Council . The Hanse Office in Brussels, which serves as an interface between Northern Germany and the Brussels EU institutions and provides information on current issues of European politics , also takes on similar tasks . Hamburg interests are to be taken into account in decisions at European level in Parliament , the Council of Ministers and the Commission . At the same time, the Hamburg Senate Chancellery organizes participation in EU legislation through the EU Committee of the German Federal Council and the Committee of the Regions . In addition, the State Office of the Senate Chancellery is responsible for Hamburg's general international relations on a bilateral level .

Responsible for these tasks is the representative at the federal government, the EU and for foreign affairs, State Councilor Almut Möller .

Web links

• Official website of the Hamburg Senate Chancellery
• Website of the Senate Chancellery for International Relations
• Website of the Senate Chancellery for EU Affairs
• Contact the State Office
• Contact the First Mayor's Office
• Contact the planning staff
• Contact the Senate Press Office

Sources and individual references

1. ↑ Jan Pörksen: The new head of the Senate Chancellery is a shadow man. In: welt.de. Retrieved October 1, 2018 . 
2. ^ State Councilor Wolfgang Schmidt - curriculum vitae. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Jana Werner: Peter Tschentscher gets a damper as Hamburg's mayor . In: THE WORLD . March 28, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed March 29, 2018]).
4. ↑ Senate Chancellery Hamburg: State Councilor Almut Möller , accessed on November 8, 2019
5. ↑ Organigram of the Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. (PDF) In: hamburg.de. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017 ; accessed on May 8, 2017 . 
6. ↑ The planning staff of the Hamburg Senate Chancellery. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Organization chart of the planning staff of the Hamburg Senate Chancellery. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: hamburg.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 8, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ↑ The Senate Chancellery: Switching point for politics. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
9. ^ The press office of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Organization chart of the press office of the Hamburg Senate. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: hamburg.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 8, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
11. ↑ Senate Chancellery: About Us. What does the Senate Chancellery do? In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Successor to Barbara Kisseler: Carsten Brosda becomes the new Senator for Culture. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Senate Chancellery: About Us. And what happens outside of Hamburg? In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
14. ^ Organization chart of the State Office for Europe, International Affairs and Protocol (Senate Chancellery Hamburg). (PDF) In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
15. ^ The State Office of the Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 8, 2017 .